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Monuments to Mithras

Monuments, inscriptions and artefacts related to Mithras and his cult.

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  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony marble from Mitreo Fagan

    This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull was dedicated to the ’incomprehensible god’ by a certain priest called Gaius Valerius Heracles.

    TNMM106 – CIMRM 310, 311

    Sig(num) imdeprehensivilis dei G(aius) Valerius Heracles sacerdos s(ua) p(ecunia) p(osuit). L(ucius) Sextius Karus et.
  • Monumentum

    Frescoes with standing figures of Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

    The frescoes depict several figures dressed in different garments associated with the Mithraic degrees.

    TNMM104 – CIMRM 268

  • Monumentum

    Busto de Livia

    Lead.

    TNMM109

  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 978

    Fragment of a trachyte brazier.

    TNMM1353 – CIMRM 978

  • Monumentum

    Fresco scene from Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere

    Fresco showing a scene of initiation into the mysteries of Mithras in the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere.

    TNMM234 – CIMRM 188

  • Monumentum

    Raven from Stockstadt

    The Stockstadt Raven is one of only two standing-alone sculptures of this bird to be found in Mithraic statuary.

    TNMM410 – CIMRM 1192

  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 880

    This lamp, depicting a man slicing his victim into pieces with a sword, was believed to be associated with the Cult of Mithras.

    TNMM1294 – CIMRM 880

  • Monumentum

    Frescoes of lions at Santa Prisca

    Procession of Leones carrying animals, bread, a krater, and other objects in preparation for a feast.

    TNMM498 – CIMRM 481, 482

    Nama Nicephoro leoni; nama Theodoro leoni. Nama Hel[io]doro leoni; Nama Gelasio leoni; Nama Phoebo leoni.
  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 597

    Fragment of a greyish marble relief depicting Mithras slaying the bull beneath a rocky grotto.

    TNMM1112 – CIMRM 597

  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 615

    Roman stone low-relief depicting Mithras as a bull-slayer, with the upper part of his head missing.

    TNMM1123 – CIMRM 615

  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 496

    Upper part of a goddess Fortuna of marble from Luna.

    TNMM1048 – CIMRM 496

  • Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Lambaesis

    The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras’s temples in Africa.

    TNMM101

  • Monumentum

    Stars of the Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere

    The vault of the Mithraeum in S. Capua Vetere is decorated with stars that have holes in their centers, which once held colorful glass decorations.

    TNMM175

  • Mithraeum

    Gran mitreo de Mérida

    Jaime Alvar speculates that the Gran Mitreo de Mérida could have been located in this area, based on a series of materials unearthed by Mélida during the excavations of 1926 and 1927.

    TNMM585

  • Mithraeum

    Mitreo de la calle Espronceda

    The Mithraeum at Espronceda Street, in Merida, was discovered in 2000. It is a semi-subterranean temple.

    TNMM244

  • Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Ša‘āra

    The Mithraeum of Saara, Syria, has been identified through the deciphering of the remains of the iconographic programme on its arch.

    TNMM32

  • Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Alexandria

    s.

    TNMM80

  • Mithraeum

    Zeus Brontoon sanctuary near Villa dei Quintili

    Mithras and other oriental gods were worshipped in the shrine of Zeus near the Villa of the Quintilians in Rome.

    TNMM370 – CIMRM 634

  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 639

    Marble cippus with inscription.

    TNMM1145 – CIMRM 639

    Deo Soli envicto Mithre / Cautopati. . . . .. / D(eo) S(oli) e(nvicto) M(ithre) / Flavius .... / ...... / an. XIII. ... / cum omne . . . . / .... posuerunt.
  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 635

    Fragment of a marble relief (H. 0.27 Br. 0.38 D. 0.045).

    TNMM1141 – CIMRM 635

 
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